Travel News and Stories for 11/10/2009
Source: (kathika.com)
Below is a list of travel news and stories for 11/10/2009
Victim of seatback police: “It felt like we had somehow landed in a World War II movie”
Beware of the airline seatback cops. They recently nabbed Cheryl Smith, and they could be coming for you.
http://www.elliott.org
Minimum-wage pilots? Here’s one way of looking at flight deck salaries
The average cockpit wage cost per average passenger fare per hour of flight is just $3.73 — almost half the minimum wage — according to analysis by Robert Herbst of the Web site Airlinefinancials.com.
http://www.elliott.org
Missed your flight? Your airline may help — if you know what to ask for
If you’re delayed on your way to the airport because of a summer thunderstorm, you might think you’re out of luck. Most airlines now gladly charge you a full walk-up fare for the next flight when you don’t get to the gate on time — even if it’s for a reason beyond your control.
http://www.elliott.org
AA Flight Attendants Practice Their Strike Skills Later This Month
Just in time for the holidays, the flight attendants of American Airlines are getting ready to strike. Well, not exactly, but they are trying to prove a point and are hoping to do so with a simulated strike on November 18. They’ll be fake striking this month to get some practice under their belts, because if they don’t get what they want, there might be some real strikes once 2010 rolls around.
http://www.jaunted.com
The Top Three Ways To Remember The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
Today in Berlin, a united city celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Twenty years is not such a long time, and thus the partiers are peppered with those who not only remember the division of the Wall, but perhaps also participated in the breaking down of it in 1989.
http://www.jaunted.com
Roosevelt: More Airplane Shrapnel Rains Onto Long Island
Over the weekend, Delta Flight 799 was on its way to Tokyo from JFK when it lost a pretty big piece. Thankfully the Boeing 777 made it to Japan without any difficulties, and the issue was actually only discovered when it had landed. Apparently the part wasn’t essential, but we doubt that Boeing felt that way when they designed the airplane.
http://www.jaunted.com
Where Americans die abroad, and why: By the numbers
Of course you should beware of crime while planning and making
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